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Lets Count to a Million (Squared)

triple-M · 2009-03-25 15:02:08

Ok as the title says above you have to count to a million by working our way up by squaring every number until we get to a million eg 1,4,9,16........1'000'000 Lets make this happen,ok title may be off a bit should say"lets square every number until we get to a million" because 1'000'000 x 1'000'000 would take forever to…

25-03-2009 3:02pm

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Ok as the title says above you have to count to a million by working our way up by squaring every number until we get to a million eg 1,4,9,16........1'000'000 Lets make this happen,ok title may be off a bit should say"lets square every number until we get to a million" because 1'000'000 x 1'000'000 would take forever to reach

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#2 25-03-2009 3:08pm

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Is 1 not squared still 1 - is my maths that bad

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#7 25-03-2009 3:21pm

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triple-M wrote: »

ah balls its gone pear shaped already,1x1=1, 2x2=4, 3x3=9, 4x4=16, so the first posts should say 1,4,9,16 etc....

Would it not have made more sense for the posts to have gone,

1, 2, 4, 16, 256,

squaring the previous number, i don't follow what you were intending to do

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Queen-Mise wrote: »

Would it not have made more sense for the posts to have gone,

1, 2, 4, 16, 256,

squaring the previous number, i don't follow what you were intending to do

We don't take kindly to mathematical logic-types 'round here....

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